Necktie



April 21, 1925. 1,534,348 R. A. ACCHIONE NECKTIE Filed July 16 1924 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT A. ACCHIONE, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

NEGKTIE.

Application filed July 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. Acomonn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michit gan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Neckties, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains l1? to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in neckties.

The object is to provide a necktie of the character in which the two ends of the tie overlap, so constructed that a tie clasp may be employed in a concealed position to fasten the two ends of the tie in alinement, one

end overlapping the other, and to secure them in such position to the front of the shirt of the wearer.

In ties of this class one end of the tie is frequently of narrower width than the other. The wider tie end superimposes the narrower tie end, and I provide means on the under side of the wider tie end having an edge disposed in proximity an edge of a suitable narrow portion of the lower tie 30 end to be secured thereto by a tie clasp and both tie ends secured to the front band of a shirt in such a fashion that the tie clasp is also concealed.

Reference is hereby made to my co-pending application, being Serial No. 724,256,

filed July 5, 1924.

The above objects and others, together with the details of construction of my improvement, more fully appear in the following specification, accompanying drawing, and appended claim.

In the drawing,- Figure 1 is an elevation of a shirt front showing my improved tie in place. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear of the overlapping tie end shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of a 50 modified form of my improvement.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of a second modified form of my improvement. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawing, let 10 indicate the front the under side of the tie end 13.

1924. Serial No. 726,245.

band of a shirt having a collar 11 and a tie of the character generally known as a four-in-hand tie, indicated by the numeral 12. This tie has an end portion 13 of considerably greater width than the end portion 14. The two end portions have the relative position indicated in Fig. 1.

I secure to the under side of the tie end 13 an extension or tab.15 having an edge 16 which is disposed in proximity to the edge of the tie end 14 when the tie is in place. I prefer to form this extension of a piece of fabric secured at three sides as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2 to It will, therefore, appear, as illustrated in Fig. 1, that a tie clasp 17 may be employed to engage the tie end 14 and the extension together and also engage the shirt band 10 to secure the two tie ends thereto.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated my improvement in association with a tie in which the two ends of the tie are substantially the same width. The tie end 18 which corresponds to tie end 13 is provided with an extension 19 similar to the one heretofore described. The tie end 20 which corresponds to the tie end 14 is slitted at 21 to provide an aperture through which the tie clasp may be inserted to engage the extension 19, in the same manner as heretofore described.

In Fig. 5 I have substituted for the extension 19 a slit 22 in the tie end 13, through which slit one end of a suitable tie clasp is adapted to be inserted to engage the fabric of the cooperating tie end adjacent the slit to secure the two ends of the tie together in suitable overlapping alinement.

What I claim is:

A necktie, one end portion of which is adapted to overlie and substantially conceal the other end portion, said outer end portion of the tie provided on its underside with a part secured thereto along three sides and being open at one side, said part being so disposed that the free edge of its open side is in substantially parallel proximity to a longitudinal edge of the under tie end portion and adapted to be gripped thereto to fasten two end portions of the tie together in overlying alignment.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

ROBERT A. AOOHIONE. 

